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...trade papers to gloat over the ratings storm blown up by The Winds of War. The 18-hour, $40 million extravaganza averaged a 38.6 rating and a hefty 53 share of the audience, placing it close behind the 1977 Roots-also aired by ABC-as the highest-rated mini-series in television history. Said ABC President John Severino: "Absolutely sensational! We're elated...
...liberal arts education and a core curriculum to mean acquaintance with the methods of the various academic disciplines From "Principles of Economics" to "Sources of Indian Civilization" to "Sub-Saharan African Civilizations" to "Politics. Mythology and Art in Bronze Age China" the Core curriculum offerings read more like a mini-smorgasboard of the more extensive departmental offerings than a coherent view of "articulate educational priorities." Far from liberating students, such a curriculum makes them selves of the techniques for narrow academic study...
From the first song ("Dance, Dance, Dance"), bodies swirl, muscles flex, dancers groove, and sweat oozes from would-be John Travoltas. The participants, mostly couples, are attired in everything from mini-skirts and shorts to more theatrical fancy dress wear...
...Jenny from Lowell House, and #061, Ben from South House, introduce themselves. #1205 attired in an Annie t-shirt and a black mini-skirt says all her roommates are participating in the revelry as #061, decked in jeans and a black t-shirt, spins her violently in a circle. They soon move along, engaging in mock combat...
...network people read these tea leaves; they were too busy sipping champagne. This was, after all, the year of Roots, the twelve-hour mini-series that earned the highest ratings in TV history and helped propel ABC to No. 1 status for the first time ever. It was quite a coup for Fred Silverman, ABC'S programming chief, and in 1978 NBC, which had slipped to a gentleman's third place in the ratings, hired him as network president. By 1981 Silverman had pulled off an even more spectacular feat. He had demonstrated that with enough hard work...